Lifting-jack and cradle for bath-tubs and the like.



PATEMED FEB. 26, 1907.

0. J.. HOTALING. LIFTING JACK AND CRADLE FOR BATH TUBS-AND THE LIKE;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13 1906 INVENJTOR amaz jflaialzqy WITNESSES ATTORNEY OMAR J. HOTALING, OF JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK.

.iil'o. fit-b'flfii. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Eel), $36., 1907. Application filed July 1.3.1966. Serial "Ho. 326,006. I

To all whom it may concern: knob 01 wrench K, by means of whioh the rod 5 5 Be it known thet l, R J. HOT/\LING, a i may he revolved, and thus screw eeoh pair of citizen of the United "totes, residing at l collars 1 toward each other or away from Jolmstown, (county of Fulton, and State of k I each other, as the case may be, for thepur- 5 New York,l1ove invented a certsin new and pose of raising or lowering theb gtgs e ss will useful improvement in Lii'tinglaohs and be readily understood. Cradles for Beth-Tubs and. the Like, of which. L are casters, here shown. as four 11': numthe following" is a. specification. 1 her, adapted to support the deviee in order My invention relates to s new and useful that when it is in use the both-tub or other to improvement in lifting-jocks and cradles for objects supported by the cradle may he readboth-toos end the like, and has for its object ily moved about the room without undue 5 to provide an exceed ngly simple and efi'eeteliort on the port of'the operator. ive device of this description which may be M represents a set of lezy-tongs, two of the used hyen operator for settin end unsettling ends of the levers thereof being pivoted to 1 5 e looth-tnh or other hesvyjton or like article the oolla-rs N, secured upon the upper bar (3,

end which will. so facilitate this class oi'work ivhile the free ends of the other two lovers are 0 as to permit ltto loe done by s single operator ,g evoted to the sliding collars N, which are instead of requiring two or more opers.tors,os fitted to slide upon said bars. 0 is a cone hos heretoiorebeen the ease. u spondinp; set or lazy-tongs, two of their outer I 2c, With these. ends view this invention ends being; pivoted to the cestevoollars P,

- consists in the details of construotionend while their other free ends pivoted to the combination of elements hereinafter set forth sliding caster-collars 0, thus permitting the end then speoifioolly designated by the adjustment of the cradles to end from each claims. Y other so as to accommodate thedevioe to -25 In oreiler that those skilled in the art to difi'el'ent lengths of bath-tubs and also to which this invention onpertoins' may underprovide for the folding of the device into e stand how to make and use the some, I. will comparatively small compose for easy trainee dose 'ibeits' construction in detail, referring POlULlZlOIl and storage. by letter to the oooompsnym drawing, Q, are thumb-screws for holding the lazy.

30 forming a; port of this sp'eoihootion, in tongsin any adjustment.

whioh- Y In proot-ice the device is fitted beneath the Figure 1 is s ion view of mv improveboth-tub and adjusted to the proper length 7 'ment F1g. 2, s side elevation; Fig. 3,2 1 end I when the rods J are revolved in the propei diviev. v reetion to elevate the SUPIJGIfiIlg-StllQS 35 lo. carrying out my invention as here em- 1 against the bottom of the tub and still iurbodied, iegiesents the two supportingrl tlier revolved lift the tub from the floor, o

strips of theorsdle which are adapted to fit 1 after which it is obvious that the tub may be beneath a hath-tub or the like and support easily moved in any direction upon the easthe some when forced uyward, and these tors and when in proper position for setting 0 strips are made edjiw'toble by means of the it may he gradually lowered so that the drain set-screws ll passing through the bars *1) end end other pipes match up, and this may ell be 5 booting upon the under side of the ends of accomplished, by a. single operator, since the the stripe. t lsoorious Work of lifting end moving the tub Seemed to the ears 3 ire the collors D to is overcome by the use ofniy iii-eh 4 5 which we oii otedthe upper ends oithe toggle.- end cradle. y

leverslll, their lower ends being pivoted to Having thus fully described my invention, zoo the collars F. A similar oil" of togglolevere what I claim as no. end nsei'u is- G are also pivoted to t .0 Collins F, then. l.' s new article of n1one*oeioi -e a. comlower ends being pivoted to thecollers H, seeloineel. jack and cradle consisting of two sup:

5o our-ed upon the bars I. it is to he noted thst porting strips, ineens for elevating said there oi-o' four sets of these toggledeters w strips and twoseries oi" lozy-tcngs connecting :05 two at eeoh end of the devioe-e-nd eeohoi the the two end sections, as specified.

ii-ode J is threaded throng? two sets ofthe The hereindeserihed. combination, of

collars end provided wits e, stumble hand two supportiogetrips, two sets oi toggledo vers connected with each of said strips, a means for holding said lazytongs in any adthreaded rod adapted to operateeech set of justment, as and for the purpose set forth.

toggle-levers, four casters for supporting the 1 In testimony whereof I have hereunto device and two series of lazy-tongs connectaflixed my signature in the presence of two 5 ing thIe end sictions, estspecliiggd. L 1 I subscribing witnesses.

3. 11 com lnation, W0 1" 1ng ac s con- E sisting of toggle-levers pivoted to movable i OMA R HOTALING' collars, rods for moving said collars, two casl W'itnesses: ters supportingeach j ack, two series of lazy: I HARWOOD DUnLEY,

1o tongs connecting the jacks together and HENRY W. THORNE. 

